I Say, What's This?

[tealin]

A new Holmes Movie?

Initially the whole 'reimagined' and 'adventuresome' thing put me off, but then I remembered: The reason I didn't bother pursuing the Holmes series when I was young is because I thought he just sat around smoking his pipe hand having no discernible personality until he'd say 'My dear Watson, I have figured it out!' Watson would reply 'Goodness, Holmes, you're brilliant!' then the famous 'Elementary, my dear Watson', end of story. It was only upon hearing a couple of radio plays and then reading further stories on my own that I discovered Sherlock does all sorts of interesting things (aside from generally being a LOONY) and there are many exciting episodes in the text, most notably the boat chase in The Sign of the Four which would be very cool in a movie.

We shall see.

I don't suppose they could persuade Christopher Nolan to direct...

Comments

[ubiquitouspitt.livejournal.com]

Actually, Marc doesn't like Sherlock Holmes for the same reasons you didn't when you were a child.

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

So in other words, he just needs to actually read them and/or listen to the radio plays to have his mind changed?

I am skeptical. Hopeful, but skeptical.